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Are you seriously requiring a tweet to get a download link?

by mrgreenfur 14y ago

arkitaip 14y ago
This is a pretty scummy practice.
- sgdesign 14y ago
  It's scummy practice to ask for a tweet in exchange for a huge UI pack that took hundreds of hours of work that you're getting completely free?!
  - ianstormtaylor 14y ago
    Pretty much. I'm not saying it's right, but it does feel scummy. If you think about it, it feels way less scummy to just ask for money. Asking for a tweet is like saying, here you can have this free thing if you degrade your friends' experience on twitter by a tiny amount first. Do it a bunch and it adds up. Whereas me paying someone one dollar doesn't degrade all of my friends' twitter streams. I know I don't want to read people's "free stuff" tweets. I'd rather they didn't show up in my feed. I only want to read recommendations when they are genuine. Not when they were required.
  - bcardarella 14y ago
    The tweet is an endorsement of the product before you have had a chance to try it. This is why it is bullshit.
  - fmilne 14y ago
    You could always be counter-scummy and delete the tweet right after the assets start downloading.
  - deleted 14y ago
    [deleted]
  - mnicole 14y ago
    I deleted my Twitter account, so when people do this, I can't even use it to try to promote it - no less the argument that I'm not going to promote something I haven't even used. People do this all the time on Dribbble and it's really frustrating.
- slmt 14y ago
  I certainly don't mind tweeting to show my support. This is the first time I've seen tweet-to-download. I may actually use it myself to give users access to an upgrade of my game (for a limited time) that would usually cost $10.
- wilfra 14y ago
  slmt, you've been hellbanned, nobody can see your posts (unless they have showdead on). since it looks like you're a new user, just make a new account - and try not to make any more posts like this until you've been around awhile and proven you aren't a troll: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5164228 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5164228
fotbr 14y ago
I didn't see any such requirement, simply clicking on the <down arrow>zip icon gave me a zip. github dot com slash designmodo slash Flat hyphen UI slash archive slash master dot zip
- saiko-chriskun 14y ago
  He's referring to their own download page: http://designmodo.com/flat-free http://designmodo.com/flat-free
  - fotbr 14y ago
    Ah. I never bothered to go there, since the HN link was to github.
littlespark 14y ago
Here's a direct link: https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI/archive/master.zip https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI/archive/master.zip

Are you seriously requiring a tweet to get a download link?

arkitaip 14y ago

This is a pretty scummy practice.

sgdesign 14y ago
It's scummy practice to ask for a tweet in exchange for a huge UI pack that took hundreds of hours of work that you're getting completely free?!
- ianstormtaylor 14y ago
  Pretty much. I'm not saying it's right, but it does feel scummy. If you think about it, it feels way less scummy to just ask for money. Asking for a tweet is like saying, here you can have this free thing if you degrade your friends' experience on twitter by a tiny amount first. Do it a bunch and it adds up. Whereas me paying someone one dollar doesn't degrade all of my friends' twitter streams. I know I don't want to read people's "free stuff" tweets. I'd rather they didn't show up in my feed. I only want to read recommendations when they are genuine. Not when they were required.
- bcardarella 14y ago
  The tweet is an endorsement of the product before you have had a chance to try it. This is why it is bullshit.
- fmilne 14y ago
  You could always be counter-scummy and delete the tweet right after the assets start downloading.
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- mnicole 14y ago
  I deleted my Twitter account, so when people do this, I can't even use it to try to promote it - no less the argument that I'm not going to promote something I haven't even used. People do this all the time on Dribbble and it's really frustrating.
slmt 14y ago
I certainly don't mind tweeting to show my support. This is the first time I've seen tweet-to-download. I may actually use it myself to give users access to an upgrade of my game (for a limited time) that would usually cost $10.
wilfra 14y ago
slmt, you've been hellbanned, nobody can see your posts (unless they have showdead on). since it looks like you're a new user, just make a new account - and try not to make any more posts like this until you've been around awhile and proven you aren't a troll: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5164228 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5164228

fotbr 14y ago

I didn't see any such requirement, simply clicking on the <down arrow>zip icon gave me a zip. github dot com slash designmodo slash Flat hyphen UI slash archive slash master dot zip

saiko-chriskun 14y ago
He's referring to their own download page: http://designmodo.com/flat-free http://designmodo.com/flat-free
- fotbr 14y ago
  Ah. I never bothered to go there, since the HN link was to github.

littlespark 14y ago

Here's a direct link: https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI/archive/master.zip https://github.com/designmodo/Flat-UI/archive/master.zip